Needless to say, to keep myself from going absolutely raving mad, I have to divert my attention from the repugnant city-town-community in which I live. Many Yakimaniacs choose to do so with drugs, alcohol, et cetera. I choose Jesus and books. Sometimes, I mix the two, in fact!
I've comprised a legitimate summer reading list each of the last four or five summers, but this year's has to be the best so far. I've read four books and I'm on my fifth, with four more on the docket. I've read more in summers past. I've even read more "interesting." But I've never learned more from my summer reading than I have this year.
The reason? Content, content, content.
Since I learned the word theology, I've been interested. I've dabbled in theological works since I was about fourteen. But the last three years, I've taken it upon myself to imbibe the information in my reading and implant it in the depths of my mind. In short, I'm not going to forget what I'm reading. Why? It's interesting stuff, that's why.
My Amazon.com wish list is growing. It's multiple pages—six, in fact—for the first time in a long time. For my eighteenth birthday, I told my mom I wanted to spend the money she would use on an iPod (or something else that has become a customary gift in this country) on books instead. Two hours and a chunk of change later, I had thousands of pages of fantastic literature at my fingertips.
Now, I'm going to be twenty soon. And while I appreciate the classics that my mom bought me a year ago, I think I'll ask her for book shopping spree number two. Maybe a book for every year of life?
Anyway, for my fellow geeks that prefer prose over parties, build a summer reading list. Learn. Live. Grow. TCU :)
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